French artist and architect Odile Decq was born in 1955
She lives and works in Paris
Presented at galerie Oniris since 2011
An iconoclastic personality, Odile Decq claims a transversal approach to architecture that would not be confined to a strict profession but would encompass other aspects such as design and plastic creation. As a real jack-of-all-trades, she designs buildings, furniture, lighting... just as she creates sculptural or photographic works where each line and each form is expressed without chatter or embellishment.
I act as an artist when I exhibit spatial interventions, or create objects that bring to mind my preoccupations in the field of architecture, but which then take on another meaning; I free myself from the status of architect, in order to interpret my creations myself as an artist.
For a woman born in the fifties, choosing to be an architect was probably Odile Decq's first hold-up on her destiny. Taking over her agency as soon as she graduated from the Ecole de la Villette, while continuing her studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris where she obtained her D.E.S.S. in urban planning in 1979, is the second.
International recognition came very early, as early as 1990, on the occasion of her first major project: the Banque Populaire de l'Ouest in Rennes. The very numerous prizes and publications that accompanied the construction of this building underline the birth of a new hope born of the punk revolt that was breaking dusty conventions.
An iconoclastic personality, Odile Decq claims a transversal approach to architecture that would not be confined to a strict profession but would encompass other aspects such as design and plastic creation. As a real jack-of-all-trades, she designs buildings, furniture, lighting... just as she creates sculptural or photographic works. As with her architectures, the work begins with the lines she wishes to be as minimal as possible.
Although the dynamics are different between that of a graphic composition and that of a future building, we find this research on space with the geometrical layout of her drawings. Odile Decq refuses to do "illustrative drawing", in her compositions each line is expressed without chatter or embellishment. Simplification then leads to a form of total abstraction.
According to Odile Decq, the relationship of the spectator to the work is rather mobile. The space has the human body as its reference point and is seen as a universe of experience and sensations. The spectator should not be contemplative but active.
Her creation is much more than a style, a writing, an attitude or a production process, it is multidisciplinary.
Born in 1955
She lives and works in Paris
Exhibited at the Oniris gallery since 2011
2020 : Art Paris Art Fair, Stand Galerie Oniris, Paris, France
2019 : Art Basel, Philippe Gravier Gallery, Miami - USA
2019 : The real world is in black and white, Polaris Gallery, Paris, France
2019 : Elements of Architecture, Design Miami Basel - Galerie Philippe Gravier, Basel, Switzerland
2019 : Architectural Furniture, Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, 1960-2020, Paris
2019 : PAD Paris - Galerie Philippe Gravier, Tuileries, Paris, France
2018 : Horizons, House of Arts - Ostrava - Czech Republic
2017 : Odile Decq on London and Paris, Special talk, Tate Britain, London, UK
2016 : Geometry - Anisotropy, Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
2016 : Talk: Distinguished Architects Lecture Series: Odile Decq, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
2016 : Nouvelles Architectures, Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux, France
2013 : Force en présence, Polaris Gallery, Paris, France
2013 : Sculptrices, Villa Datris, foundation for contemporary sculpture, Villa Datris, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
2013 : New Architectures, Maison de l'Architecture de Poitou-Charentes, Poitiers, France
2013 : New Architectures, Maison de l'Architecture du Centre, Orléans, France
2013 : New Architectures, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
2012 : ATOM, Mica Gallery, Rennes, France
2012 : Fiac Hors les Murs - Jardin des Plantes, Museum of Natural History - Paris, France
2012 : New Architectures, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2012 : Noir Fracture, Oniris Gallery, Rennes, France
2011 : Beyond Horizon, Solo show, Polaris Gallery, Paris, France
2010 : Perspectives (with Camille Henrot), Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2010 : Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim, New-York, USA
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Odile DECQSculpture en bronze noirNoir fracture, 201249.5 x 19.5 x 27 cmExemplaire 4/8€ 12,000.00More
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Odile DECQTirage photographique unique contrecollé sur DibondBlack Anisotropy , 2020100 x 100 cm€ 9,000.00More
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Odile DECQSuspension mobile en aluminium et fibre de carbone laquéeSpatial Lines (réf. L 3B), 2016143.5 x 1.5 x 97 cmMore
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Odile DECQSuspension mobile en aluminium et fibre de carbone laquée rougeSpatial Lines, 201672 x 54 x 56 cmExemplaire 1/3 - Medium Red€ 4,500.00More
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondHabitable ? (View 1 on Black), 202050 x 70 cm€ 2,900.00More
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondHabitable ? (View 1 on White), 202050 x 70 cm€ 2,900.00More
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondHabitable ? (View 2 on White), 202070 x 50 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Habitable ? (View 2 on White), 2020€ 2,900.00
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondHabitable ? (View 3 on Black), 202070 x 64 cm€ 2,900.00More
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondHabitable ? (View on Black 4), 202050 x 50 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Habitable ? (View on Black 4), 2020€ 2,900.00
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondHabitable ? (View on White 3), 202070 x 64 cm€ 2,900.00More
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Odile DECQTirage numérique unique contrecollé sur DibondSans titre 07W, 202050 x 50 cm€ 2,900.00More
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Odile DECQSuspension mobile en aluminium et fibre de carbone laquée
Mobile suspension in aluminum and lacquered carbon fiberSpatial Lines,, 201644 x 27 x 20 cm
17 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inn°3/8 - Small RedMoreOdile DECQ, Spatial Lines,, 2016€ 2,800.00 -
Odile DECQBijou d'artisteLignes points, BO , 201814.5 x 11 cmExemplaire n°01/10 Noir PMoreOdile DECQ, Lignes points, BO , 2018€ 1,800.00
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Odile DECQSculpture en fonte d'aluminium microbillée
Sculpture in cast aluminum microblastedMice's house, 201320 x 16.6 x 10.7 cm
7 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inn°4/8MoreOdile DECQ, Mice's house, 2013€ 1,800.00 -
Odile DECQTirage photographique unique contrecollé sur DibondAnisotropy 1, 201660 x 35.9 cm€ 1,600.00More
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Odile DECQTirage photographique unique contrecollé sur DibondAnisotropy 7, 201660 x 45 cm€ 1,600.00More
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierGeometry Noire 4, 201690 x 90 cmMore
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Odile DECQTirage sur papier Canson photo contre collé sur Dibond
Print on Canson photo paper pasted on DibondAnisotropy, 202040 x 60 cm
15 3/4 x 23 1/2 inEdition of 8MoreOdile DECQ, Anisotropy, 2020€ 1,200.00 -
Odile DECQBijou d'artisteLignes points, BO, 201814.5 x 11 cmExemplaire n°04/15 NoirMoreOdile DECQ, Lignes points, BO, 2018€ 900.00
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierSurfaces B, 201630 x 30 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Surfaces B, 2016€ 850.00
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierSurfaces C, 201630 x 30 cm€ 850.00More
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierSurfaces F, 201630 x 30 cm€ 850.00More
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierTracé 1, 201630 x 30 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Tracé 1, 2016€ 850.00
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierTracé 2, 201630 x 30 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Tracé 2, 2016€ 850.00
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Odile DECQTube de verre soufflé et dépoli / Lumière LED 12v de puissance 2700k avec variateur et transformateur / Câble noir de 4 mètres
Blown and frosted glass tube / 12v LED light of 2700k power with dimmer and transformer / Black cable of 4 metersCandle Light n°4, 2021Longueur 90 cm
Diamètre 5 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Candle Light n°4, 2021€ 650.00 -
Odile DECQTube de verre soufflé et dépoli / Lumière LED 12v de puissance 2700k avec variateur et transformateur / Câble noir de 4 mètres
Blown and frosted glass tube / 12v LED light of 2700k power with dimmer and transformer / Black cable of 4 metersCandle Light n°2, 2021Longueur 90 cm
Diamètre 2,5 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Candle Light n°2, 2021€ 580.00 -
Odile DECQTube de verre soufflé et dépoli / Lumière LED 12v de puissance 2700k avec variateur et transformateur / Câble noir de 4 mètres
Blown and frosted glass tube / 12v LED light of 2700k power with dimmer and transformer / Black cable of 4 metersCandle Light n°1, 2021Longueur 60 cm
Diamètre 2,5 cmMoreOdile DECQ, Candle Light n°1, 2021€ 540.00 -
Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierSans titre #1 (Large), 2012240 x 90 cmEdition of 10MoreOdile DECQ, Sans titre #1 (Large), 2012€ 350.00
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierSans titre #2 (Large), 2012240 x 90 cmEdition of 10MoreOdile DECQ, Sans titre #2 (Large), 2012€ 350.00
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Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papierSans titre #3 (Large), 2012240 x 90 cmEdition of 10MoreOdile DECQ, Sans titre #3 (Large), 2012€ 350.00
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Odile DECQSérigraphie sur papier noir
Silkscreen on black paperForce en présence, 4/10, 201340 x 80 cm
15 3/4 x 31 1/2 inMoreOdile DECQ, Force en présence, 4/10, 2013€ 300.00 -
Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papier épais
Digital print on thick paperSans titre #1 (Small), 2012162 x 61 cm
63 3/4 x 24 inEdition of 10MoreOdile DECQ, Sans titre #1 (Small), 2012€ 200.00 -
Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papier épais
Digital print on thick paperSans titre #2 (Small), 2012162 x 61 cm
63 3/4 x 24 inEdition of 10MoreOdile DECQ, Sans titre #2 (Small), 2012€ 200.00 -
Odile DECQImpression numérique sur papier épais
Digital print on thick paperSans titre #3 (Small), 2012162 x 61 cm
63 3/4 x 24 inEdition of 10MoreOdile DECQ, Sans titre #3 (Small), 2012€ 200.00
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